contrary

Example Sentences

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Some Wall Street analysts are insisting that April — contrary to its label as the cruelest month — is actually one of the better months for the U.S. stock market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

In her ruling, she said the government's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was "likely both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Despite mounds of evidence to the contrary, I just can’t bring myself to believe they have all the ingredients to become just the third franchise in baseball history to three-peat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Sky Sports insisted that contrary to Gorringe's statement, it was responsible for the production of the Wrexham-Swansea coverage.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

And I submit, then, that the racial tensions that menace Americans today have little to do with real antipathy—on the contrary, indeed—and are involved only symbolically with color.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin